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Pinching-antenna system (PASS) mitigates large-scale path loss by enabling flexible placement of pinching antennas (PAs) along the dielectric waveguide. However, most existing studies assume perfect channel state information (CSI),…
A novel concept of waveguide division multiple access (WDMA) is proposed for multi-user pinching-antenna systems (PASS). The key principle of WDMA is to allocate each user with a dedicated waveguide, which is regarded as a new type of radio…
In this paper, a novel pinching antenna-aided spatial multiplexing (PASM) architecture is conceived, which intrinsically amalgamates the benefits of flexible radiating element placement with radio-frequency (RF) chain transmission.…
This paper investigates a novel downlink symbiotic radio framework enabled by the pinching antenna system (PASS), designed to enhance both primary and secondary transmissions through reconfigurable antenna positioning. This…
A multiple-waveguide pinching-antenna (PA)-based multi-user communication system is investigated. With a given number of PAs, two deployment strategies are considered, namely the centralized PA deployment, where all PAs are switched between…
A wireless sensing architecture via pinching antenna systems is proposed. Compared to conventional wireless systems, PASS offers flexible antenna deployment and improved probing performance for wireless sensing by leveraging dielectric…
The pinching-antenna systems (PASS) enable blockage mitigation in urban micro (UMi) networks through flexible antenna placement. However, the joint optimization of antenna positions and beamforming precoding is inherently nonconvex and…
Recently, pinching antennas have attracted significant research interest due to their capability to reconfigure wireless channels as well as their array configuration flexibility. This letter focuses on how these features can be used to…
Movable antenna (MA) has been recognized as a promising technology to enhance the performance of wireless communication and sensing by enabling antenna movement. Such a significant paradigm shift from conventional fixed antennas (FAs) to…
Flexible Antenna Systems (FAS) are a key enabler of next-generation wireless networks, allowing the antenna aperture to be dynamically reconfigured to adapt to channel conditions and service requirements. In this context, pinching-antenna…
The pinching-antenna architecture has emerged as a promising solution for reconfiguring wireless propagation environments and enhancing system performance. While prior research has primarily focused on sum-rate maximization or transmit…
Pinching antenna system (PAS) serves as a groundbreaking paradigm that enhances wireless communications by flexibly adjusting the position of pinching antenna (PA) and establishing a strong line-of-sight (LoS) link, thereby reducing the…
This letter investigates multi-mode pinching antenna systems (PASS), where signals of multiple orthogonal modes can be transmitted within a dielectric waveguide and radiated by pinching antennas (PAs). This enables mode-domain multiplexing…
This paper addresses, for the first time, the uplink performance optimization of multi-user pinching-antenna (PA) systems, recently developed for next-generation wireless networks. By leveraging the unique capabilities of PAs to dynamically…
A novel pinching antenna system (PASS) enabled wireless power transfer (WPT) framework is proposed, where energy harvesting receivers (EHRs) and information decoding receivers (IDRs) coexist. By activating pinching antennas (PAs) near both…
Pinching Antennas (PAs) represent a revolutionary flexible antenna technology that leverages dielectric waveguides and electromagnetic coupling to mitigate large-scale path loss. This letter is the first to explore channel estimation for…
Pinching antenna systems (PASSs) can dynamically adapt their transmit and receive arrays for sensing and communication in wireless systems. This work explores the potential of PASSs for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) by…
The concepts of many optical devices are based on the fundamental physical phenomena such as resonances. One of the commonly used devices is an electromagnetic antenna that converts localized energy into freely propagating radiation and…
A dual-scale deployment (DSD) framework is proposed for pinching antenna systems (PASS), under which four protocols are provided. 1) For the coarse-scale deployment, the pinching antenna (PA) is transferred over a large-scale range at the…
In the literature of pinching-antenna systems, in-waveguide attenuation is often neglected to simplify system design and enable more tractable analysis. However, its effect on overall system performance has received limited attention in the…